- The Yazidi Supreme Spiritual Council manages the affairs of the Yazidis, and
the Office of Baba Sheikh, the Yazidis’ supreme religious authority, is a branch
of it that manages their social and religious affairs.
- There are 27 Yazidi shrines in Nineveh and Dohuk.
- In addition, there are 11 mandis for the Sabean Mandaeans.
- There are also thirteen (13) officially recognized Christian religious
institutions, and for each denomination there are annexes of churches
and monasteries.
4- Towards a lasting peace: positive initiatives to better protect the rights of
minorities to prevent conflicts
- ISIS carried out a terrorist attack on Iraq in 2014, during which it gravely violated
both international humanitarian law and human rights. The Iraqi government
resettled the displaced to their areas of origin after their liberation and
reconstruction. It also promoted social cohesion and reconciliation national
reconciliation to support durable solutions for internally displaced persons.
- In its Decision No. 92 of 2014, the Council of Ministers designated as genocide
the suffering inflicted by ISIS terrorist groups on components of the Iraqi people,
including Yazidis, Turkmen, Christians, Shabaks and other communities.
- Iraq passed the Yazidi Survivors Law No. (8) of 2021, which recognizes the
crimes committed by ISIS against women and girls from the Yazidi, Turkmen,
Christian and Shabak minorities, including kidnapping, sexual slavery, forced
marriage, pregnancy and abortion, as genocide and crimes against humanity.
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